Submitted by David Emmett on
Latest times from Qatar MotoGP test. The wind has dropped and stopped gusting, so times are faster:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Previous |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1:55.745 | ||
| 2 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 1:55.787 | 0.042 | 0.042 |
| 3 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 1:56.420 | 0.675 | 0.633 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 1:56.439 | 0.694 | 0.019 |
| 5 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1:56.707 | 0.962 | 0.268 |
| 6 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Suzuki | 1:56.931 | 1.186 | 0.224 |
| 7 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 1:56.990 | 1.245 | 0.059 |
| 8 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Honda | 1:57.056 | 1.311 | 0.066 |
| 9 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Ducati | 1:57.181 | 1.436 | 0.125 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | 1:57.228 | 1.483 | 0.047 |
| 11 | 8 | Hector Barbera | Ducati | 1:57.313 | 1.568 | 0.085 |
| 12 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 1:57.381 | 1.636 | 0.068 |
| 13 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 1:57.398 | 1.653 | 0.017 |
| 14 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 1:57.405 | 1.660 | 0.007 |
| 15 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 1:57.730 | 1.985 | 0.325 |
| 16 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 1:58.590 | 2.845 | 0.860 |
| 17 | 24 | Toni Elias | Honda | 1:58.912 | 3.167 | 0.322 |
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Casey and Dani
Do those guys really need to be one second faster than whatever the others perform each and every time?!
Bloody...
...HECK.
Didn't their parents teach them that nobody likes a show-off? That's impressive stuff, friends and neighbors...
wow
Those guys are throwing down. Spies looks to be in a good position, but what really strikes me is Cruthlow 2 seconds off the pace and Elias 3! That isn't going to cut it.
Crutchlow
has plenty of time to adapt to the category.
He shouldn't rush but take time to build confidence while discovering the category, bike, tires and tracks.
Better stay racing in GP that being very promising off the start and vanishing after 2 seasons...
28 laps?
looks like Cal ran about half as many laps in the 2nd session, did he have a fall? or is he taking to a little too much time off the bike? ;-)
Fell and injured his hand
Motomatters twitter feed is very informative ;-)
Twit
I've not yet become a twitter-er(?), but I guess I should have looked at the feed. that glove pic...I hate it when that happens! Thanks for the pointer(s). - nozz
Twit
I've not yet become a twitter-er(?), but I guess I should have looked at the feed. Thanks for the pointer(s). - nozz
Did some stop early?
I notice that Rossi's and Barbera's times are the same as 8:15 PM.
Did they stop riding?
Why?
No improvement
The reason is simple. They didn't go faster during that hour. Since then, both men have improved...
Ducati is in trouble
With the Ducati still behind where Stoner was pushing the GP10, no quick-shift, and the Frenchman riding faster than Rossi, I'm wondering if Hayden will go back to the big diameter forks from last year at all.
Great job Honda for putting the technology and inner-team competition in place to dominate the experimental tests.
No more excuses, bad-luck, or injuries to hide behind, all will soon be ripped open to exposure at the finish line. Let's go racing.